Litanies by Jean-Baptiste Robin (live in Saint-Eustache)
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@ds1868 - what do you mean, 'even'? St Paul's is one of the greatest organs in the world. ND is a mucked-up travesty akin to what battered survivals there are of most Skinner organs in the US (I know there are a few intact Skinners, but not many).
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@organum74 - with respect, you only named Cavaillé-Coll organs. Debierre did great work from the 1890s, and rebuilt many C-Cs - that at S. Trinité, Paris, is notably successful. There was Ducroquet, later taken over by Merklin; Dalstein & Haerpfer in Alsace; Henry Didier (Laon Cathedral is his masterpiece) and, my favourite, Puget in Toulouse. Nôtre Dame de la Dalbade in Toulouse is stupendous - and has a much better acoustic than S. Sernin. There is no finer organ in France.
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How lucky we humans are for the ability to create such amazing acoustical spaces, and the pipe organs that play inside them!
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Jehan Alain-a great musician, and a brave man. Mort pour la France!
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it's awesome how they held the concert at night, really adds to the excitement and environment
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Organ builder is Van den Heuvel
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Un grand maître pour une grande pièce! que pourrait-on dire de plus, regardez cet été mon professeur qui a enregistré un de ses disque va bientôt sortir. Une dernière petite chose, regarder-le bien jouer; il ne joue pas tout le temps avec le son et ce car la console est reliée par ondes radio et le temps que l’information arrive en haut on le voit jouer autre chose ce qui est très difficile pour jouer un mouvement rapide. un grand bravo donc.
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Great piece of music, but what is the brand name of the organ? I love the board, it reminds me of the Cavaille-Coll design at St. Sulpice. It doesn't have the mechanical coupling like the old consoles used to have. Also someone stated a while back but I am not sure if it's true, that you can have mechanical coupling added to the organ.
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guilloesque!
great organ, great piece, great organist!
m1riccabona 3 years ago 11
I agree. And if we stay in France, I'll say that the best instruments, are St Ouen in Rouen, St Sernin in Toulouse, St Eustache, St Sulpice, and after few others, Notre-Dame, which is a fantastatic organ, but placed too high in the cathedral, ans the chamades cover the other stops in the tutti.
organum74 3 years ago 6